Movies & Film

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa Supreme Court ruling Friday cleared the way for a baseball complex at the "Field of Dreams" movie site in Dyersville, as the state's highest court upheld a lower court's decision that the City Council acted properly when it rezoned the property from agricultural to commercial.

Buying that perfect gift for a film buff can be a vexing task, so we went right to the heart of Hollywood to get tips on the creative ways in which some directors and stars might enchant a fellow movie lover this holiday season.

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — An annual festival that celebrates a New York village's purported connections to "It's A Wonderful Life" is featuring the appearance of all three surviving actors who played the Bailey children in the 1946 Christmas classic.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there were more stories than those of the Skywalker family. That was the idea Disney was counting on when it purchased George Lucas's empire Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012, and the rights to everything in the "Star Wars" universe. Sure, they'd continue chronicling the trajectory of the Skywalkers, but what else was out there?

Movie-wise, the office Christmas party is the great dismantler of white-collar worker-bee life. Set out the booze, turn down the lights, and suddenly the cubicle walls around staid office life are blown away by heartbreak ("The Apartment") or Hans Gruber ("Die Hard"). '

NEW YORK (AP) — After spending the night shooting the most devastating scene in "Manchester by the Sea" — a scene in which, Casey Affleck's character, clutching a bag of groceries, stands before a tragedy that haunts him throughout the film — Affleck tripped and felt a shooting pain run up his back.

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Roswell officials say a local move-production company's filming in the city involves use of explosives and firing of blank gunshots so residents in the area of the filming may hear explosions and gunfire.